Robot Parking Garage to Open in New York

January 29, 2007 Robot Parking Garage to Open in New York (AP)

A vehicle is lowered through the floor into an automated parking garage in New York, Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2007. The parking garage is the first of its kind in the United States. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

(AP) -- Would you trust a robot to park your car? The question will confront New Yorkers in February as the city's first robotic parking opens in Chinatown.

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